I think my neighbor is stealing electricity from our home!

magicfame

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my bill was $180, their was only $60 and they have their AC on when the temperature outside is 65 degrees!

gonna get an electrician soon
 

magicfame

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Originally posted by: PurdueRy
You have a computer with a 500 watt power supply ;)

jk

yea i do have a 500 watt power supply lol but i dont understand such a huge difference.
the bill came out to 2400 kwh for 90 days.
 

Rubycon

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How the hell do you steal lectric?

You will shake uncontrollably if you touch the wires.
 

PowerEngineer

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Originally posted by: magicfame
the bill came out to 2400 kwh for 90 days.

That's not an unusual amount of electricity for a residentence to use over three months. Have you compared your consumption during previous billing periods? If you don't have the old bills, call your electric company's customer service number and ask them for your usage history.


 

Eli

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Originally posted by: magicfame
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
You have a computer with a 500 watt power supply ;)

jk

yea i do have a 500 watt power supply lol but i dont understand such a huge difference.
the bill came out to 2400 kwh for 90 days.
umm.. that's 800kWh/mo.

Hardly outrageous.

Maybe if you live by yourself or something.
 

Toonces

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stealing electricity happens all the time.

residental grow-ops do it to avoid police detection for over usage.

If drugged-up hydroponic farmers can do it, why not your neighbour?
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: UNESC0
stealing electricity happens all the time.

residental grow-ops do it to avoid police detection for over usage.

If drugged-up hydroponic farmers can do it, why not your neighbour?
You'd think they'd be a little smarter and run generators.
 

magicfame

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Originally posted by: PowerEngineer
Originally posted by: magicfame
the bill came out to 2400 kwh for 90 days.

That's not an unusual amount of electricity for a residentence to use over three months. Have you compared your consumption during previous billing periods? If you don't have the old bills, call your electric company's customer service number and ask them for your usage history.
06/17/2005 710
05/18/2005 400
04/19/2005 470
03/21/2005 490
02/17/2005 490

during summer last year , it was an avg of 600 a month
i live in nyc, and its almost 20cents a Kwh!